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ED472352 PS030710
Title: Children of Immigrants: A Statistical Profile.
Author(s): Elmelech, Yuval; McCaskie, Katie; Lennon, Mary Clare; Lu, Hsein-Hen
Author Affiliation: Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center for Children in Poverty.(BBB27760)
Pages: 7
Publication Date: September 2002
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman
School of Public Health, Columbia University, 154 Haven Ave., New York, NY 10032. Tel: 212-304-7561; Fax: 212-544-4200; e-mail: nccp@columbia.edu; Web site: http://www.nccp.org. For full text: http://www.nccp.org/immigrants.pdf.
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--
Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG2003
This report describes demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
of the children of immigrants, focusing on their economic status.
Major findings include the following: (1) immigrant children are more
likely to be poor than native-born children; (2) among children whose
parents work full-time, immigrant children are at a greater risk of
living in poverty than native-born children; (3) among children whose
parents have more than a high school education, immigrant children are
twice as likely as native-born children to be poor; (4) among children
living in two-parent families, immigrant children are more likely to
be poor than native-born children; (5) the race/immigration nexus is
important to understanding child poverty; (6) recent reductions in
child poverty and near poverty nationwide affected both immigrant and
native-born children, but disparities between the groups persist; and
(7) policies aimed at improving the economic security of children in
the United States should pay special attention to the growing number
and distinct characteristics of children of immigrants. (EV)
Descriptors: Child Welfare; *Children; *Immigrants; Low Income
Groups; *Poverty; Profiles
Identifiers: *Children of Immigrants
